A single gene that was previously found to be the driving force in a rare syndrome linked to epilepsy, autism and developmental disability has been identified as a linchpin in the formation of healthy neurons.
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A team of researchers including Jens Hansen, Rachel Sealfon, Rajastree Menon, and colleagues of the Kidney Precision Medicine Project, built on an existing specific human kidney tissue atlas relevant to health care at single-cell ...
How long someone lives with Parkinson's disease may be down to specific gene mutations, according to new research presented today at the Eighth European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress.
Jun 27, 2022
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Calcium channel blockers may improve treatment for pancreatic cancer patients receiving gemcitabine-based chemotherapy, according to recent findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Jun 22, 2022
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If cancerous cells started wreaking havoc in your body, like terrorists in a building, your immune system would act like a SWAT team to combat the enemy. But what if the building entrance were blocked by a mysterious conspirator? ...
Jun 17, 2022
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Babies don't come with instruction manuals. Children are at once joyful, sad, confusing, predictable, generous, selfish, gentle and mean. What's a parent to do when faced with such perplexing offspring? Given the complex ...
Jun 17, 2022
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Antibiotics are among the most powerful superheroes of medicine. From the introduction of penicillin in the 1930s to the dramatic rescues that occur today when doctors use strong antibiotics like vancomycin to combat "superbugs," ...
Jun 15, 2022
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The Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) shortages brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic proved to be an opportunity for a Virginia health system to not only address supply chain issues, but also to improve their environmental ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Investigators have discovered a new method to determine whether individual genetic variants in the epilepsy-associated gene SZT2 cause a neurodevelopmental disorder, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in ...
Jun 7, 2022
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Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are hoping to catch stomach cancer before it develops in at-risk patients. In a paper published in Gastroenterology, researchers identified a genetic variation that ...
Jun 6, 2022
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